The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-04

The Louisiana sugar crop is reported
70 DO ahead OF any crop harvested Bincs
1868. a g. -.
A painted lsnco around the yard will
! lest longer than an uupasnted ons and
look better at tho samo time. la x.
In September $4,000 pounds Of sugar
we're made ct, Fort Scott, Kansas, from
sorghum that yielded 125 pounds par ten.
Mr. Henry Burns, OF San Antonio,
rtXas, has recently purchased two car
! loads OF Merino rams in Addison county,
Vermont, 1E.t,.ii ~ :,
Mr.. Albsrt Tibbets, OF Belgrade, Me-,
has picked over ono hundred bushela of
largo cranberriea from his bog this asa.
Eon. .tf g.,r s.
An Albany syndicate which has boon
formed to encourage tho oxtirpation Of
the EnRllah aparrow, offers 81 per hun.
dred icr $4,000 Of the bids.
The VaHealboro, No., Canning Company
paid Sic. 900 to farmers this year for sweet
corn. Twenty-Five farmers got 475 por
acre. a.S5.5
Prof. Arnold says COWS ied on meal
mixed with straw, cut and moiatencl, give
more milk and considerably rlchor than
.hen fed on the beat hsy alone.
a buahel Of corn will do more good now,
make mora growth and lay on moro fat,
than il will little on. A large percent.
aga will ba used aftor swhilo in keeping
the animal warm.
On the ground in tho shade OF the trecs
and covered with straw u foot deep, to
prevent evaporation and freezing, is q
pretty good plaza for apples uptll tho hard
weather OF winter comes on. ;F
To protect trees from the giriling OF
mica clear away the earth at thu bsse
wrap u piece Of two.ply tarred paper
around tho tree and replace the earth.
| For peach trees ordinary thick pastebosrd
| Is better, as coal tar or any, Of the products
| OF petroleum ID sometimes injurious.
| L. B. Arnold says he is confident thai
ecanty feed in summer drouthB and pinch
ing by needlese cold in winter keep the
annual product Of the cows of the country
40 per cent. below what 1t would BIO witt
constant rationa the year round end com
Portable shelter. y, 57}- ~
z Professor Riley, Que Of tho first authori
ties on insscts, does not approve Of white
washing tho stems Of shade trees, q
against the tussock moth it may be o
some slight use, but the bsg worm, til,
web worm aud the eln.leaf beetle canno
be affected by It. Sc s. !,
Tho cuxant is growing In popular iavo
for iellies, jsma end canning. Though lee
delicate ND appe,iziRg In its fresh state a
a dessert fruit than the strawberry, on &C
count Of its greater scidity, it is this ver.
scidity that gives it value as al appe!iss
and promoter Of health. m lts,s]
II AiVirginla farmer. who has boon 81
| perimentipg with sorghum as fodde
crop for cowa aud feeding hogs, ands tbs
cattle eat it with q reliah, especially VIE
] sown 60 th;ck!y that tho Btalka sye nc
( larger than mans finger, and that hog
are not only fond Of 1t, but grow .fnsl
on 1t. as Sss;
4 Farme1snot crowded by their neceaaitis
4 should alack up on their market cror
whom 1t doesn't pay to grow them, ace
with clover and pillow it In to make tt
: land productive when 1t dooa pay. Man
farmers would profit in tho long run b
y. blowing and cultivatipg their foul & ak
several times during tho season witho,
raieing q crop. Tho practice OF sewir
".wheat after wheat" grain crop after gra
crop, without seeding to gross has holpl